From the editor.(Editorial)

Some think that what they are experiencing today is so new that doctrine does not apply; bluntly, that is wrong thinking. In the storied past of the U.S. Army, these are not the first desert engagements, the first effort in conducting occupation and pacification, the first involvement with counterinsurgency operations or other forms of stability operations and support operations, or even our first nation-rebuilding effort. None of this particularly new. Doctrine does apply; the wise commanders and staff officers understand and modify doctrine to the particular circumstances--this is METT-TC (mission, enemy, terrain and weather effects, troops, time available, and civil …